The Communist Party of India (CPI) has proposed a seat-sharing agreement with the Congress in the State for a tactical tie-up in six seats in the upcoming Assembly elections, according to party State secretary Sati Sundaresh.
Addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Monday, Mr. Sundaresh said that the CPI has written to All India Congress Committee indicating its willingness for having an understanding between the two parties.
The CPI has asked for mutual contest in the following six Assembly constituencies, Aland and Jewargi in Kalaburagi district, Mudigere in Chikkamagaluru, Kolar Gold Fields in Kolar district, Sira in Tumakuru district and Kudligi in Vijayanagar district, to consolidate secular votes, he said.
Nearly 50 lakh families are homeless and siteless in the State. Instead of providing shelter to these homeless families, the State government is allotting around 17 lakh acres of government land to trusts and mutts, he said.
He demanded that the State government identify five lakh acres of government land for providing homes to families that have been deprived of shelter for decades.
The CPI has planned a Vidhana Soudha Chalo programme on March 9 demanding that the government make available housing facilities for homeless families.
